Triton XIX, Lot: 128. Estimate $1500. Sold for $1300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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ATTICA, Athens. Circa 454-404 BC. AR Hemiobol (7.5mm, 0.35 g, 12h). Head of Athena right, wearing earring, necklace, and crested Attic helmet decorated with three olive leaves over visor and a palmette on the bowl / Owl standing right, head facing; olive sprig to left, AΘE to right; all within incuse square. Kroll 14; HGC 4, 1681; SNG Copenhagen 27–9; Dewing 1609. EF, toned. Excellent metal.
Ex Rockefeller University/Dr. Alfred E. Mirsky Collection (Gemini VII, 9 January 2011), lot 371.